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PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
… The construction of the original structure probably dates to 1683, but it was … his death in 1927. In 1978 Count Natale Labia, grandson of JB Robinson,…
PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
… It was extended in 1918 after a design by the firm of Baker & Fleming, and continued to fulfil its original … and the building was built by Bennet and…
EventInsulin is first introduced to the American public
… with J.J.R. Macleod and Charles Best in the University of Toronto in Canada. Both Banting and Macleod were awarded … was introduced to the public. It had…
EventBoxing legend, Dingaan Thobela thwarts a hijacking at his home in Johannesburg
… 27 September 2006, Boxing legend Dingaan Thobela 'The Rose of Soweto' arrived home only to be greeted by hijackers as he was about to enter his Kelvin home…
EventLesotho unable to impose sanctions against SA
… The leader of the Basutoland National Party, Chief Leabua Jonathan, … economically dependent on South Africa that the imposition of economic sanctions was…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, which was later renamed Progressive … by the government on 12 May 1962 defining the crime of sabotage in…
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… 164 and Jock Cameron's quickfire 90. The match was one of the first to include a new LBW law that said batsmen could be out to a ball pitching outside the…
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… Enoch Mgijima (Mgizima), Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, died in … Enoch's claim that they were under the special protection of God…
EventKoeberg becomes operational
… license. Koeberg is situated at Duynefontein, 27km north of Cape Town on the Atlantic coast. The power station … provides electricity to the Western Cape and…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… South African government. Zulu had been elected President of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the early 1960's and the world … Diversity in the…
EventSalman Rushdie’s visit is still on
… Salman Rushdie's public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and Guardian) … Mail was considered to be insensitive…
EventDutch Reformed Church in Africa talks with the ANC
… A delegation of four members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa, led by Dr Nico Smith, …
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… and transferred them to stand trial in SA. The treatment of Ebrahim, an Indian passport holder, was particularly … testimony by the ANC's office in London…
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… was extinguished and the flag lowered. The overall winner of the 2004 Games was the United States with 103 medals, … to win six medals, including one gold…
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… here to read South African History Online's chronology of President Thabo Mbeki Click here to read President Thabo Mbeki's speech during his awarding of an…
EventPrince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War
… The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, who studied in … party were attacked by about forty Zulus in the vicinity of…
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… undertaking to negotiate over disputed land. The break of diplomatic relations between South Africa and Transkei … apartheid government had designated as …
EventO. R. Tambo leaves South Africa for exile
… after the Sharpeville massacre , on the instruction of the African National Congress (ANC). The international … strongly sympathised with South Africa in the…
Claremont Histories
… History Online by visiting the stand, browsing a selection of South African history publications & talking to young historians about the exciting histories…
EventThe MK and ZIPRA formally announce that they had formed a military alliance
… Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Zimbabwean … People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), military wing of…
EventDie Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
… in 1916 as the de huisgenoot, then a monthly magazine. One of the reasons the magazine was founded was to financially … a weekly magazine. It has the highest…
Contact
… Contact, the official publication of the Liberal Party, was published monthly, in … political struggles not only in the southern region of Africa but in…
EventWendy Botha, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… London on 28 August 1965.[i] She began surfing at the age of 13, and won four consecutive South African National … as being ranked seventh in the world.[iii]…
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
… medical doctor who attained his degree from the University of Cape Town.[ii] Riaad received the “Comics Choice Award” at … He is also a regular presenter on…
EventFighting breaks out on the Johannesburg market square
… after strikers attacked them with stones. In the period of 1910 to 1914 organised labour began to find its feet in … These Europeans brought with them their…
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… visibility to artistic practices that escape the grasp of art history. Looking After Freedom offers a sampling of artists working in photography, video, and…
Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
… In response to a number of media enquiries, the ANC wishes to clarify the following: … national headquarters in Johannesburg during the night of Tuesday, 7…
EventPolice found burnt body near KTC squatter camp, Cape Town
… the South African police services found the burnt body of a man near the KTC squatter camp in Nyanga East. A Police … police spokesman mentioned that this…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.1 1984
… Mpumie Cilibe; A Dirty Story by Yashar Kemal; The Incest of Poverty by Achmat Dangor; Phumaphi by Floss M. Jay; … With the Workers' Struggle by Lawrence…
EventSouth African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe is born
… for writing both stories and music for children. Some of her work has been used in different schools and … also represented South Africa in Egypt for the…